Hell on Heels by Robyn Peterman
3rd book in the Hot Damed series. Paranormal romantic comedy. Best read as part of the series.
Dixie is a Demon and currently living in Eden, Kentucky trying to figure out her life. But new powers plus Mother Nature, the Demon of Death, not to mention her sister’s Baby Demons, has Dixie longing for the simpler Hell where she knows the rules. Nope, not gonna happen.

Laugh out loud hilarity, crazy antics and steamy hot males in action make this book fly. Dixie may have been the sweet family member but give her power and watch her soar. ( )

Dixie Satan's daughter is going through some growing pains. Everything is about to become clear and chaotic.
I liked Dixie, she young, not dumb, tough but not over the top, funny and loves animals. She is sure of herself mostly, and has the messed up family tree to top them all. She also rarely giggled, thank the gods.
On to book 4 soon, maybe ( )

In this third book in this series (and third book I've read by this author), the series turns to a new lead main character (though I know at least two following books follow Astrid, and the sixth in the series follow yet another new batch of main characters). I guess, suppose/assume, that the series shifted to give Astrid more time to be pregnant, and I guess it's boring to follow pregnant people so . . . let's follow Dixie, Satan's nicest daughter, while Astrid's off on the side groaning about her 12 headed baby and wondering when it might, you know, appear.

So far this has been the weakest in the series. In the smallish dose I saw them in Astrid's visit to Hell, Dixie, Carl, Mrytle, Janet, and the rest were some what . . .bareable . . . probably isn't the right word. But interesting enough in their small doses. But a whole book of them? And switching from a character in her, 30s I think, to one who is 21, is annoying. Might be stretching things to call it young adult - I'll shove it into 'New Adult'. So chick-lit with fantasy (the Astrid books) changed to young adult/new adult (with Dixie). mmphs.

Dixie went to a college literally in the same spot she went to high school (apparently Satan didn't want his daughter to head off to Harvard or the like - like most high level demons do, because he didn't think she was ready for earth, so changed her high school into college. Fun, right? Going to the same place for 8 years? Feeling like you never escaped high school?). Which is important because, despite the last book ending with Dixie all set to go to earth . . . things are dragged out. Heck, things got repeated to a certain extent. I don't think any specific event repeated from Dixie's point of view, it's just Dixie got told things/taught things that Astrid got taught. By the same people. In the same way. Using the same words. Frustrating.

Then it got super icky with this 'super hot boy crush' that Dixie had to deal with. And the super hot boy also seemed to be crushing hard on Dixie. Their whole relationship is icky, and dripped with what I image the author imagined drama/relationships are like in young adult novels. To a limited extent I was able to get over this icky-ness, but their relationship wasn't very interesting.

I've lost track of what I have said/what I wanted to say, and what I need to say. mmphs.

Let's see - Dixie, before the beginning of this book, had spent time in high school (time amount not given; fact spent time in high school implied by the words that her college is literally on the same spot her high school was), before moving on to college. And, though it wasn't specifically mentioned in the last book, she might have been near the end of her time at college. Well, so, in this book she graduates from college . . . I think. My mind is kind of jumbled. She was at her high school like college, got news she was going to go to earth on a specific date, she got distracted by this Hayden dude, now she's on earth and her grandpa tells her to go to community college. To which she notes she already graduated college. There might have been a step I skimmed over/overlooked/wasn't there. I don't actually recall her actually graduating from that demon college she went to. No matter.

So, as is somewhat normal in this series, the female lead character with 'massive issues' heading her way; she jokes around, is quite horny, plays with small demons, is destructive, and . . . well if I go too far I'll be in spoiler land. So I won't.

Enjoyable enough book, in its way. Just not as good as the first two books in the series.

March 14 2016 ( )

The title is just a little misleading if one is to assume that our heroine, Dixie, is a fashion snob in anyway, particularly her shoes. As a matter of fact, very little is mentioned about her wardrobe, as nice as it is, or desire to obtain the latest fashions.

What we do have is the twenty-one year old youngest daughter of Satan who fears the pilgrimage everyone in her family must take as they grow up; spend time on Earth knowing that if any angels see you, they’re going to try to kill you. But it’s more than that. She’s got to bring balance to the planet, yet no one is allowed to tell her what or how as they’d supposedly turn to dust. And she’s been in lust with a certain guy in her college and he’s now seeking her out.

We’d met Dixie and the family which not only includes demons, but her Uncle God and grandmother, Mother Nature, in Fashionably Dead Down Under while following the antics of her cousin Astrid; the only half demon/half vampyre ever born.

As with the first two books in this series, the characters and situations are totally outrageous. One area where I can say that this book is better is that Dixie isn’t nearly as foul-mouthed as her cousin, but when she lets loose, it’s hilarious. Not nearly as many f-bombs in this story.

Suspend all belief and just go along for the ride. ( )